Mop-frame



E. P. BEAUDET.

MOP FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1919.

Patented June 29 1920.

" The above with vantages will be hereinafter more fully UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

EDMOND PHILEMON IBEAUDET, or MONTREA QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR' ToALEXANDER W INK GRANT, .OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

nor-FRAME.

i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMOND PHILnMoN BEAUDET, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, and resident of the city of Montreal, Province of Quebec,Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMop-Fra1nes, and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of same. g

This inventionrelates to a frame adapted to have a mop fabric attachedthereto and to be manipulated preferably through, the medium of a longhandlefor the washing and dusting or general cleaning of floors, walls,windows and the like. The invention 'appertains particularly to a framecomprising pivoted sections heldby a latchfdevice in a positionmaintaining the fabric in a substantially flat, stretched-out position,such latch device being operative to release the frame and permit of thefolding or collapsing of same to loosen the fabric so that it may bethoroughly shaken -or squeezed out to remove foreign matter therev25from. I 1 p An object'of the present invention is to facilitate themanufacture of mop frames of the abovespecified type and to economize insuch manufacture by the employ-' ment of simply contructed membersadapted to be readily assembled in a cooperative arrangement devised toreduce thenumber of parts heretofore used andto promote a morecompletefolding of the frame sections.

further objects as ddescribed and particularly pointed out in theaccompanying claims. For full comprehension, however, of my inventionreference should be' had to i the accompanying drawings forming a partof this specification, in which similar reference characters indicatethe same-parts and wherein: w l p Figure 1 isla'plan view of my improvedmop frame;

Fig. 2 is asideelevation of folded? position; and a I l Fig. 4 being anenlarged detail-side elevathe frame in Fig. 3 is a transverse section.on line Specification of Letters Patent. Patented une 29, 1920.Application filed September 16, 1919. Serial No. 324,229. i if I away,to illustrate the engagement of the latch plate with the frame.

As shown in the drawings my improved frame includesisections 2 and 3bent into U-form and overlapped at theiropen inner ends where they arepivotally connected to swlng toward each otherthrough the mesections.The pivotal sections are preferably made from stripsoffmetal plate andpresent openings 5 in the opposite sides thereof near their outer endsfor the rej ception of removable pins 6 by means of which a mop fabric 7is attached to the frame. The fabric is located beneath the frame andhas its ends carried upwardly and inwardly over the frame ends, the pins6 being :threaded through the fabric and holding same in' position withthe frame ends which are rounded at 3* bearing thereon. v l

The frame sections are held in extended position as shown in Fig. 1 by alatch 8 which is located between the frame members at their pivotedends, being fulcrumed between 1 its ends by depending apertured lugs '9.mounted upon a barlO extending transversely of the frame and bearing atits opposite ends in the sides ofthe frame section 3 nearthe upper edgesthereof and adjacent the pivotal connection of, the sections. In thepreferred constructionthe latch is of plate form and extends, in aflatposition,substantially from side to sidev of the frame, one endofkthe latch presenting integrallugs "orf fingers 11 which.

1 extend laterallyfrom the latch over the sides of the frame section 2and are adapted to engage shoulders .A thereon which are most.suitablypresented by forming notches 1 2 in the upper edges of saidframefsection. This engagement ofthe latch with" the section 2 and theconnectionpf the ,latch with, section'3 through the bar 10,

establishes a ri 'dconn'ection between the .two sectionsan,preventstheswinging of same toward each other whilethe directengagement ofsaid latch with section. 2 eliminates intermediate partsThe end 13 of the latch is'llpwardly ofl'setabove the normal plane ofthe main portionfof thelatch to form a convenient presser portionwhereon pressure can be applied and the latch rocked on its fulcrum todisengage the fingers from the'frame.

A coiled spring 14'enci rcling one end of the bail 4 where it extendsinwardly beneath the latch forms the sides of the framcsections, has oneend thereof engaged with one side of section 2 and its opposite end 16bearing upon the underside of the presser end 13 of the latch therebytending to yieldinglymaintain theclatch fingers 11 in V engagement withframe section 2.

, When it is desired to collapsethe frame to;loosen the mop fabric sothat it can be squeezed. out or renewed, the presser end of the latch isdepressed thus permitting the sections 2 and 3 to be swung'inwardlytoavard each other. Thisswinging movement of thesection is yieldinglyresisted and sud- 'den collapsing of the frame prevented by said springl t-which in addition toinfluencing the latch alsov provides aconnection between the two frame sections when the latch is disengagedfrom section 2, such conv.nection being set up through the engagement ofthe end 15.with section 2 and the engagement of end 16withthe latch andthrough the latter, with sectionc3. In order, however to permit of thesections being swung to a position with their free endsin closeproximity to each other so that the ends of the mop fabric are broughtclose together and the fabric thereby so folded as to be s convenientlyinserted in a wringer for practically its whole length, I have madesection 30f less width than section 2 and disposed the pivoted ends ofthe former within those of section 2 thus permitting an intimate foldingof the sections 'as'sliown in Fig-2, wherein section2 straddles section3 for the major-portion of its length.

The frame is firmly braced atthe center by abridge-piece which is formedtofirmly support and brace the different members without interferingwith theldescribed move H I ments thereof. Said bridge-piece consists ofa flat metallic strip 17 extending between the "sides ofsection 3beneath the intur'ned ends of bail i and 'havingiits" ends [extended Tupwardly at 18'inside the pivoted'ends of r thefiframe sections to 'theztop edge thereof,

then continued outwardly "over such pivoted ends and downwardly. as at19 on the outer s depf the latter, thus fornrling downwardly f fac'inghooks straddling the ends. of the'sectiof splThe upwardly and downwardlyextending ends of the britlge piecex are' suitably apertufe'd for the"passage of the inv ward y xtend g ends f th ba e through, said bailends being thus provided of the ba1l.'

with bearings at, these points "apertured lugs 20 struckfup from thestrip 17 ovidebe'arings for th ,I t-i'eme' inner endst 7 Thebridge-piece is rigidly fixed'to section 3 by the bar 10 which passesthrough notches 21 in the upwardly extending portions 18 bridge-pieceand said section, the collapsing of the frame being, in thisconstruction, ac- 'complished by the swinging of section 2 which has itspivoted ends rounded at 2 to provide ample clearance betweenthem and theoverhan in portions of the hooked ends D of the budge-piece.

"and prevent, relative movement between'the The above describedbridge-piece provides be constructed so that the space between thebottom edge of each side of the under section 2 and the bottom edge ofeach side of; the

' narrower section 3 overlapped thereby, is

left unobstructed'from the free ends of" the sections tothe closed endsthereof; This construction permits theabove described intimate foldingto be accomplished.

v In the preferred construction the strip17 is located below'the levelof the lower edges of the pivoted ends of sections 2 and '3 to provideaflat, surface extending from side to side of the frame at the centerthereof and below the level of'the central portion of the frame for thepurpose of providing a'firm' bearing upon the fabric at this point andto elevate the frame at the center topromote I the accumulationof dirtand like foreign matter at the center of the fabric mop and preventsimilar accumulation at the sides thereof where it wouldbe continuallyspread over the surface being moppedl' Y i A' hook 22 pivotally carriedby the frame section 2 is'adapted to swing'over and engage the bail 4carrying the handle and thus hold same securely to the frame; With thisarrangement one end of theframe may rest 'upon the floorand the cloth,being in stretched out position wi-lldry quickly.

A mop frame constructed as above de-"' the majority of themembers beingstamped out from sheet metal-and readily formed, the simplicityof theirconstruetion and par- 7 scribed "can be economically manufactured, i

ticular arrangement promoting a quiclras sembly requiring "a 7 minimumnumber" of parts. V. WhatI claimisasffollowsz therein and i a presser'latchfc arried the jother section and fulcrumed atopposite' V 1 25 7'1. A mop frame, including sections.- pivc oted together to swing towardeach;otherone of said sections havingnotchesformed of theframe sectionstoward each other.

2. In a mop frame, a bail the end'portions of which form transversepivot bars; two U- shaped frame sections pivoted at their open ends uponsaid pivot bars and adapted to swing toward each other, the, upper edgesof one of such sections presenting latchengaging shoulders adjacent itspivoted ends, and a latch in the form of a single plate extendingtransversely of the frame and being pivoted to, one frame section andpresenting lugs to engage the shoulders inthe upper edges of the othersection. I

3. A mop frame, including ,sections of U-form pivoted at their free endsto swing toward each other, a latch carried by one of said sections andadapted to engage the other section to prevent the swinging of-thesectionstand a bridge-piece extending between thepivoted ends of thesections and presenting hooked ends straddling the up pivoted per edgesof said sections at their ends.

4. A mop frame, including sections'of U- form with overlapped endshaving registering openings therein, a bridge-piece extending betweensaid overlapped ends near the lower edges thereof, the ends of thebridgepiece extending upwardly inside the overlapped ends, continuingoutwardly over same and downwardly outside 1 such ends and the upwardand downward extensions of the bridge-piece being formed with openingsregistering with the openings of the overlapped ends, a bail, the endsof which pass inwardly through said registering openings and pivotallyconnect t e overlapped sections and a latch carried by one of thesections and adapted to engage the other section.

5. A mop frame, including sections of U- form with overlapping endshaving registering openings therein,a brid e-p1ece extending betweensaldoverlappe ends near the lower edges thereof, the ends of thebridge-piece extending upwardly inside the overlapped ends,continuingoutwardly over 7 same and downwardly outside such ends and theupward and downward extensions of the bridge-piece being formed withopenings A registering with; the openings of the overlapped ends,apertured lugs struck u from the bridge-piece between the ends t ereof,a bail, the ends of which pass inwardly through said registeringopenings to pivotally connect the overlapped sections and bear in saidapertured lugs, a bar mounted at its ends in the opposite sides of oneof said sections adjacent the pivotal connection, a I

latch fulcrumed upon said bar extendin in fiat position between thesides thereo such latch having a presser end and an en adapted to engagethe other of said sections and a spring encircling said bail, one end 1of the spring an aging with the last men: tioned section and theopposite end bearin upon the underside of the presser end 0 the latch.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specificationn EDMONDPHILEMON' BEAUDET.

